CVE-2008-5140 in mailscanner

Summary

trend-autoupdate.new in mailscanner 4.55.10 and other versions before 4.74.16-1 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a (1) /tmp/opr.ini.##### or (2) /tmp/lpt*.zip temporary file.

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• Reservation: 11/18/2008
• Disclosure: 11/18/2008
• Moderation: VulDB entry created
• Entries: 1
• CPE: ready
• CWE: CWE-59 (Confirmed)
• CVSS: 8.4
• EPSS: 0.00036
• Activities: Very Low

Sources

• MITRE: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2008-5140
• NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-5140
• CVE Details: https://www.cvedetails.com/cve/CVE-2008-5140/